Canadian universities strive to include indigenous cultures after the country’s sad history of residential schools.

Toronto’s City Council will vote Monday on further stripping Mayor Rob Ford of his powers. And the embattled mayor of Canada’s largest city, a man who has admitted to buying illegal drugs and smoking crack in the past two years, will debut in his new television show, “Ford Nation,” Monday night. He told Fox News he wants to run for prime minister.

Rider fans are jubilant, celebrating the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ big win over the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League’s West division title. Next weekend, the Roughriders will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Grey Cup, right at home. Read More »

In ways that were never intended, the hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America’s push for green energy.

Fewer than 50,000 people had enrolled in plans through the Obamacare website as of last week, a fraction of the goal.

Quebec’s ban on religious attire has underscored divisions between the multicultural island city of Montreal and the mostly white hinterland beyond its shores. And that might be the unspoken goal of the Parti Québécois, Martin Patriquin writes in an op-ed in The New York Times.

“I can only say: I’m sorry, America,” Andrew Huszar, a former Federal Reserve official, pens an op-ed about quantitative easing in The Wall Street Journal. “I’ve come to recognize the program for what it really is: the greatest backdoor Wall Street bailout of all time.”

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. was reeling from corruption and bribery cases in North Africa, North America and South Asia last year when chief executive Robert Card took over. Now he’s plotting its path for growth.

Shipping operators and investors are pouring billions of dollars into building new oceangoing tankers to transport diesel, gasoline and aviation fuel–scrambling to keep up with North America’s energy boom.

No matter what investors thought about Obamacare politically, the law was going to make some people very rich.

Imax Corporation is set to announce that it has set up a joint venture with a Chinese multinational to develop and manufacture $250,000 home theater systems in China.

United States Steel Corp. will permanently cease steel production at its Hamilton, Ontario, mill at the end of the year, ending an era that goes back more than a century.

A survey of Canada’s largest construction firms suggests that construction output, led by housing, is set to grow by about 4% over the next year, despite labor shortages and financing concerns. Read More »

President Obama acknowledged problems with the health-law website but said that the law’s overall potential shouldn’t be measured by the website’s rocky start.

A study asserts that the C.I.A. drone campaign in Pakistan has killed civilians indiscriminately. In interviews, residents spoke of terror and strain within a society caught between militants and the drones.

The NHL’s crackdown on blows to the head has been pronounced, and that’s commendable, Helene Elliott writes in the Los Angeles Times. But when will players respect each other enough to develop restraint in situations when they can pull back without hurting their teams?

Mayoral races in Alberta resulted in sweeping mandates for the victors in the province’s two largest cities, with Calgary’s incumbent mayor issuing a strong demand for the provincial government to cede more budgetary authority.

BlackBerry, in a filing with the SEC, sharply revised already bleak restructuring charges and acknowledged in more depth the challenges it is facing.

Washington digs in for the long haul. With the government shutdown showing no sign of breaking, the stage is being set for a battle over the Treasury’s ability to pay its bills. The battle over the debt ceiling, meanwhile, looms large.

Republicans have been arguing that Americans despise the Affordable Care Act. Turns out they love Obamacare, with as many as 88% in favor, according to one survey.

Australia had a government shutdown once. It ended when the Queen Elizabeth II fired everyone in Parliament.

Two people were arrested in a raid near Toronto that swept up Sandro Lisi, a man with links to an alleged video that purports to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.

Hockey is back and so are the brawls. A fight that resulted in serious injury during the NHL’s season opener between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens is set to reignite the debate over fighting’s place in hockey. Read More »

A coal-laden cargo ship is on track to become the first bulk carrier to traverse the Northwest Passage through Canada’s Arctic waters, blazing a trail that shippers hope will become a time-saving route in global trade.

Does majority shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings even want to close the deal on BlackBerry? And while we’re on the subject, BlackBerry isn’t going to hold Friday’s earnings call, after all.

The Canada Revenue Agency issued a rebate check for nearly C$400,000 to a top Quebec Mafia figure even though he owed the tax department C$1.5 million at the time, heightening concerns of possible infiltration of the agency by organized crime.

Is Canada a friendly place for venture capital, or the land where venture dreams go to die?

They do not get him, here or there. On Ted Cruz’s battle against Obamacare.

The dynamo who left Reuters to run for a seat in Canada’s parliament was both the motivating force behind the wire service’s ambitious digital revamp and one of the primary reasons it was killed, current and former employees tell BuzzFeed. Read More »

Responses to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s globe-spanning plea for asylum began coming in, as some countries offered outright denials while others issued reminders that he would need to make it to their soil to get an answer.

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